def·i·ni·tion – Page 7 – defəˈniSH(ə)n/ noun : a statement that describes what something is. ← yep

Questions for those that have successfully quit…

April 1, 2015 3 Comments

I guess if I could ask people who have successfully quit cigarettes a few questions, they would be these:

1. How many years were you a smoker?
2. How many did you smoke per day?
3. Approximately how many times did you try to quit previously?
4. Which different methods did you try?
5. What finally worked?
6. How long has it been since you quit?
7. Do you think you will ever smoke again?

I would also very much love to hear from people about what they have experienced in the way of physical withdrawal symptoms.

Belief

The Philosophy of Quitting

March 30, 2015 1 Comment

Is there one particular quitting philosophy on which everyone can agree? Of course not. But there are a few things that those who have successfully quit have in common, in their quitting experience.

First of all, read the above again. Do you agree with the statement? If so, go ahead and think about what the variety of successful quitters might have in common.

One thing would be that each has some sort of idea about how they managed to quit, and most likely have an opinion about why they didn’t fail to quit as they had in previous attempts. This commonality to me falls under the category of “belief”. This is what the former smoker believes about how it was that they became a nonsmoker.

Mirror

Decorative Mirror

March 17, 2015 No Comments

Recently Micky and I took the time to try out one of her mirror designs and we are very happy with how it turned out.

She cut and hand beveled a piece of 1/4″ mirror, a clipped corner rectangle approximately 16″ x 12″.

We removed the silver around the oval shape, added in the pattern, mounted it with adhesive and our own handmade clips to a wood backing board, and secured hanger hardware to the wood backer. We will definitely make more of these.

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Interesting…

March 17, 2015 No Comments

DAY 5 ~ This again pertains to custom scheduling versus even-spacing. Here I am the very next day, three smokes in, on track, and in compliance with the even interval schedule – without needing to move any smoke dots. It seems that having raised awareness on the issue has made a huge difference. I also think that just being busier this morning has made achieving this… basically easy.

Symbols in Stone

The Roswell Rock & the Crop Circle: Not a Match

September 5, 2014 3 Comments

In continuation of the ever lengthening Replicating the Roswell Rock, I’ve got a few rocks on the studio table that I’m working on. Found a new handful of quality stones to work with. Here are some of them catching the evening light. I’m particularly excited about the one in the upper right corner which has the smoothest, most chocolaty look I’ve come across so far. Funny thing about that one though, is that it didn’t come from the creek. Micky spotted it while raking yesterday, just laying in the yard. This may turn out to be the best one yet. To find it in my own backyard, no more than 12 ft. from my shop door is